spǫrr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sparwa-.

Noun

spǫrr m (genitive spǫrs or sparrar, dative spǫrvi, plural spǫrvar)

sparrow

Inflection

Declension of spǫrr (strong wa-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spǫrr	spǫrrinn	spǫrvar	spǫrvarnir
accusative	spǫr	spǫrinn	spǫrva	spǫrvana
dative	spǫrvi	spǫrvinum	spǫrum	spǫrunum
genitive	spǫrs, sparrar	spǫrsins, sparrarins	spǫrva	spǫrvanna

Descendants

Faroese: spurvur m
Icelandic: spör m
Norwegian: spurv m
Norwegian Nynorsk: sporv m
Old Danish: sparw, sporw, spørwe
- Danish: spurv c
Old Swedish: sparver m, spørver m, sparff m
- Swedish: sparv c
Westrobothnian: spȧrr m

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